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Austrian Inn Buffet

HoWeiSek — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:42:35 +0000

So finally after being here for about 12 yrs – I get to go to Austrian Inn – I had wanted to go for a long time – but people keep telling me that they served loads of fried food only but they were wrong! they have all kind of food! See ! you must not listen to people – you’ve gotta give them a chance and try it out yourself.

We didn’t have the buffet this time – because we were pretty late for lunch a few Sundays ago. But the buffet spread was pretty awesome and I’m going to go with my girlfriends again – but this time we are going to try the buffet.

They had loads of food and I would really loved to try a bit of everything but since PB don’t eat that much – it’s best to go for lunch with my friends instead – those who really enjoys food.

I wished they had a place card on the dishes though. Some I could make out but others I don’t know what they were.

Fried shrimp and rappie pie and lots of other dishes.

Rappie pie is a favorite for the Acadian french here in Canada.

Fried chicken nuggets I think on one side.

And here comes 2 table full of desserts – heaven for some people but I can’t eat so much – darn right!

Fruit tarts and eclairs.

Log cake, dates pie, mixed fruits and more fresh fruits.

Pumpkin pie, jello, vanilla and chocolate mousse – yummy to the max.

Look at the jello on the fruits – the honey dew and cantaloupes.

More assorted cakes – I will get a sugar coma you know that right? I look forward to going back to try the buffet. Buffet I heard was about $25 – 28 + tax, a wee bit ex. but worth every penny. Now if only they had some oysters fresh – that would definitely make me go back every week.

Gifts From The Heart

HoWeiSek — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:06:15 +0000

Every year during this time of the year – we try to find something meaningful to give to Chloe’s teachers – whether they are a teacher’s assistant – or the school secretary – as long as this person makes an impact in Chloe’s life – I would try to thank them during Chrsitmas. This year – I also have to remember to thank the janitors.

So I decided to get them these – they come from the local Farmer’s market and I’ve tried it myself all summer – a bottle of apple salsa and some home made BBQ sauce for her teachers in school. But the janitors are getting chocolates this year. What other suggestions do you have for me – for gifts for Chloe’s teachers?

English Egg Tarts

HoWeiSek — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:23:12 +0000

So I saw this tarts at the Farmer’s market by an English couple and asked if they could make some for me. A few weeks later – they had some made and I went to pick them up. The tarts were good – but I had expected them to be the egg tarts from home – but these as you can see are cinnamon on top of the tarts. Not really what I had expected – but it still tasted really good – except for the cinnamon that I didn’t really care for a lot. A wee bit is fine – but too much just take the egg custard taste away. I didn’t finish them all – and in fact gave some away - I may just have to learn how to make egg tarts (dan tart) on my own.

Boston Pizza In Halifax

HoWeiSek — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:17:50 +0000

Located at Duke and Granville Street in Downtown Halifax – Boston Pizza wasn’t our first choice to eat but Chloe wasn’t feeling so good at that time when we were in the city – so we decided to just take a quick bite. It was very near to the hotel we were staying at – The Westin at South End and I have to say the service was very good – the waitress was very nice. We were out getting Christmas invitations for Christmas – in downtown when it started to drizzle – so we decided to go into Boston Pizza for a meal and also to get out of the rain.

Chloe wasn’t up to eating the fish nor the french fries that was how we knew she wasn’t feeling good at all. Poor kid – but she was kept occupied with the new Christmas invitations that we had bought from a gift store earlier in the afternoon while we were out shopping.

I had a bowl of french onion soup with some french loaf – the onion soup was good.

PB had fish and chips – as you can see – it was a very small portion but good enough for PB as he doesn’t eat a lot. Overall, our experience at Boston Pizza was good. No fault of theirs that our kid was sick but they did try to make it as pleasant as possible for Chloe. It was a bit chilly where we sat – the air-con was blowing directly on top of our head – so it was not so good for Chloe. After a quick meal – we packed up all our Christmas invitations – and bolted out into the night – and quickly into the car and got back to the hotel. Maybe, the next time when we are up in Halifax, we will give Boston Pizza another try.

Gourmet Baby Food

HoWeiSek — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:41:27 +0000

Now why didn’t they have food like that when Chloe was a baby????? it certainly would have made it easier for us when we had to travel – because Chloe was very fussy about her food even when she was a baby. She would even eat the congee I made – and I even double blended them – and still she wouldn’t eat them *slap forehead* – so most times we had to rely on Heinz. You wouldn’t believed how much Heinz that kid ate, so it would have been nice to have a choice.

Babies are so lucky these days – but is it healthy to eat stuff like that? I think they should be – because Chloe didn’t have any problems with the corn, carrots and squash she had from Heinz. It was milk and Heinz food most times – until she was about 2 years old – but then she still didn’t want to take a lot of solid food – so we had to give everything to her very slowly. There were some sweet potato pie as well – and lots of fruits, of course I didn’t buy any – but it would definitely be something mothers to be can look into – if you have a fussy kid like mine.

Hidden Treasure’s Family Restaurant

HoWeiSek — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:06:12 +0000

Hidden Treasure’s is located in South Ohio – about 15 minutes from the town – thru’ Highway 101 – in fact – this place was the first place that PB had his store – way back 12 yrs ago – before I came to Canada – and now it has turned into a restaurant. Because it is out of town – it mostly cater to those living around South Ohio – Port Maitland and Lake George.

They do have an extensive menu – but I wasn’t very hungry as I had a late breakfast. So I ordered a seafood chowder soup – a bowl instead of a cup but it was alot of soup – so the next time – I will order a cup instead. The soup was good – and a lot of fresh seafood in it.

I also ordered an egg wrapped to go with my soup.

Chloe had her hotdog and fries – since they didn’t have fish that she liked in the children’s menu.

PB had a chicken burger and some mashed potatoes.

The restaurant can easily seat about 100 pax and it’s a family restaurant – and the service was pretty good as well.

They had quite a few tables filled when we were there for a Sunday lunch – and yes – we will visit again – to try out the entire menu. Afterall, this restaurant is very near to Chloe’s grandparents place – maybe – one day they will dine with us.

40th Anniversary Dinner

HoWeiSek — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:08:04 +0000

Well, it was also Thanksgiving day last weekend – but Aunt Helena was doing all the cooking to celebrate PB’s parents 40th wedding anniversary. 40 years in marriage – now that is definitely something one has to celebrate right? Not easy to stay married for 40 years and i am sure you will agree with me.

While the rest of the folks had turkey – I wanted to have some ham for the dinner – so we bought some from the grocery store. Chloe loves turkey and the ham was super yummy!

Condiments to go with the turkey, cranberry jelly, pickled beets and potatoes, carrots and cucumber.

And for dessert there was a pumpkin pie, some nainamo cubes and PB’s aunt had bought a cake too for the anniversary and joined us later for dessert. We had a really good meal and Chloe had roasted marshmallows as well.

Happy Thanksgiving

HoWeiSek — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:01:04 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! this year we are thankful for a lot of things! I’m sure you are too – and here’s Chloe having a rainbow cupcake from Goodies – I think she was fascinated with the color of the frosting – that’s why she wanted to buy it so bad – hahah!

But yes, we are thankful for Chloe’s good health – and that she is a happy kid, that her dad loves here and would do just about anything for her. She is loved by many people including all our customers. And she has good teachers for the last 2 years – we are really thankful for that – because they make her feel special and confident.

We are thankful that the store/business is doing well – and that we are getting a lot of good customers at the store and for me a lot of good private advertisers and a long standing one – that I can count on. Thankful for family, friends and loved ones – because they enriched my life and make me a better person. Thankful for a spouse who never complains about me – and is long suffering towards my craziness.

Thankful for all my friends from here – you know who you are – who brings me food from Halifax and thankful for those of you who sends me food from home – you too know who you are. Here’s wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving day this weekend – and may we all be thankful and gracious about the things we have and not the things we do not have.

Sunday Brunch @ Rudders

HoWeiSek — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:25:20 +0000

A few weeks ago – we went back to Rudders for brunch after doing our morning errands – I ordered the steak and eggs because it was pretty cheap – $13.99 I think – but don’t quote me – I can’t remember – it’s been a few weeks like I said. The sunny side up eggs were perfect – but my medium well steak was pretty charred and tough – hahhaa!! mannnn!! i had a hard time chewing them.

PB had the chicken and mashed potatoes – and he said the chicken was a bit dry too.

Chloe had hotdog and fries – she only had half the hotdog – because she had too much fries.

Chloe had her face painted that day.

Playing with her daddy’s iPhone while waiting for food. Food that Sunday wasn’t the best – but that won’t deter us from going back to Rudders and trying different things – probably the cook was tired that Sunday.

The Incredible Picnic 2011

HoWeiSek — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:59:15 +0000

Well, this is the 4th Annual Incredible Picnic happening province wide – but Yarmouth is only having this picnic for the first time – but I could be wrong – because this was the first – I’ve heard in my many years in Canada. So a few weeks ago – we had the Incredible picnic at Beacon church – a lot of people showed up – but I think there were a lack of games for the kids – wished they planned some prices for the kids – or even balloons would be nice. I saw some people with metal detectors searching for treasures I think – maybe a game planned by a few families but we were not invited for the games

There were entertainment by a few group of musicians and they were all pretty good.

Lots of vendors cooking and showing off their delicious food. Unfortunately, for us – we just had breakfast – so we didn’t get anything.

Of course, Chloe found some friends in the park and started playing with them – as PB and I watched her.

There were wine too – I was hoping to see Ironworks Distillery from Lunenburg here – but alas, I have yet to see them in Yarmouth – I would love to get a bottle or two of the cranberry liqueur and apple brandy as well.

And they had some locally made pork hot dogs – I wished I could have tried some – but there was a line up – so I didn’t.

Yummy looking right?

Wished we didn’t have a late breakfast – they look so yummilicious!

Yummy soup from Red Cap Restaurant – a place I planned to visit soon in the near future.

The owner and chef of the restaurant – they were so friendly – I definitely have to go try their food out.

There were farmers selling fruits and veggies as well – but we already bought some the day before at the Farmer’s market.

Chloe playing more games with her friend.

Skipping some ropes before we went home. It was a good picnic – but I wished they had some people to gather people together and make everyone play together – now that would have been a lot more fun. Maybe a clown or two – or a magician would be great for the kids.